CVE-2020-36559
Due to improper sanitization of user input, HTTPEngine.Handle allows for directory traversal, allowing an attacker to read files outside of the target directory that the server has permission to read.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Due to improper sanitization of user input, HTTPEngine.Handle allows for directory traversal, allowing an attacker to read files outside of the target directory that the server has permission to read.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.20% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- aahframework/aah
- Source
- security@golang.org
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/go-aah/aah/commit/881dc9f71d1f7a4e8a9a39df9c5c081d3a2da1ecPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/go-aah/aah/issues/266Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/go-aah/aah/pull/267Third Party Advisory
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0033Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/go-aah/aah/commit/881dc9f71d1f7a4e8a9a39df9c5c081d3a2da1ecPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/go-aah/aah/issues/266Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/go-aah/aah/pull/267Third Party Advisory
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0033Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.